Hey, you! Yeah, you, the one looking up at the moon every night. Did you know that the moon has a really interesting backstory? In this episode of our podcast, we explore everything about Earth's natural satellite. Listen to our podcast and learn more about the moon! Discover how it was formed, why it has craters, and how it is slowly leaving Earth's orbit.

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SOURCES:

Koren, M. (2021, October 1). Earth and the Moon Are Growing Apart. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/moon-moving-away-earth/620254/

What are the dark spots on the Moon? (2022). Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-did-the-moon-form.html#:%7E:text=What%20is%20most%20widely%20accepted,Earth%20to%20form%20the%20Moon.

Lunar Phases and Eclipses | Earth’s Moon –. (n.d.). NASA Solar System Exploration. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/lunar-phases-and-eclipses/

Why Does the Moon Have Craters? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids. (n.d.). Nasa. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/craters/en/

Eclipses | Moon in Motion –. (n.d.). Moon: NASA Science. https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-in-motion/eclipses/#:%7E:text=Lunar%20eclipses%20occur%20at%20the,visible%20from%20half%20of%20Earth.

What would happen if the Moon disappeared? (n.d.). Royal Museums Greenwich. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-would-happen-if-moon-disappeared#:%7E:text=It%20is%20the%20pull%20of,weather%20and%20even%20ice%20ages).

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Hey everyone! Just a heads up, this video contains some pretty heavy science content. But if you're curious about xenotransplantation (the transferring of animal organs to human beings), then this is the perfect podcast for you! I try to explain it in a way that's easy to understand, but beware: it gets pretty complicated. Still curious? Listen to it NOW!

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SOURCES:

Cooper DKC, Ekser B, Tector AJ. A brief history of clinical xenotransplantation. Int J Surg. 2015;23(Pt B):205-210. doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.06.060

 University of Maryland School of Medicine. (2022, January 10). Successful transplant of porcine heart into adult human with end-stage heart disease: First-of-its-kind transplant was patient's only option for survival after being deemed ineligible for traditional transplant. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 6, 2022 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220110183051.htm

 First Ever Pig to Human Heart Transplant (Official Video) - University of Maryland Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqxtG_7DIM

 Rabin, R. C. (2022, March 9). Patient in groundbreaking heart transplant dies. The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/health/heart-transplant-pig-bennett.html

 Xenotransplantation: The benefits and risks of Special Organ Transplantation. BIO. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2022, from https://archive.bio.org/articles/xenotransplantation-benefits-and-risks-special-organ-transplantation#:~:text=In%20xenotransplantation%2C%20a%20more%20aggressive,to%20destroy%20the%20transplanted%20organ.

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Do you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and can't move? Sleep paralysis is a real thing, and science has some pretty interesting explanations for why it happens. But what is it, exactly? And why do we get it? Listen to this podcast for a quick science lesson on sleep paralysis.

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SOURCES:

Wired interview with Dr Jeffrey Iliff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvDq0U1K5Ss&t=718s 

American Sleep Association. Sleep Paralysis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments. (https://www.sleepassociation.org/sleep-disorders/more-sleep-disorders/sleep-paralysis/) Accessed 5/3/2022.

American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sleep Paralysis – Overview and Facts. (https://sleepeducation.org/sleep-disorders/sleep-paralysis/) Accessed 5/3/2022.

Brooks, P., & Peever, J. (2008, November 1). Unraveling the mechanisms of REM sleep atonia. Retrieved May 03, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579970/

Denis D. (2018). Relationships between sleep paralysis and sleep quality: current insights. Nature and science of sleep, 10, 355–367. 

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